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The Efficacy of Amino Acid Supplementation in Treating Environmental Enteric Dysfunction Among Children At Risk of Malnutrition

Malawi66 participantsStarted 2024-11-01

Plain-language summary

A randomised controlled open label clinical trial to determine whether addition of indispensable amino acids (IAA) to standard complementary food will reduce occurrence of Environmental Enteric Dysfunction (EED) compared with provision of standard complementary food without IAA in healthy Malawian children aged 18-36 months with or without stunting.

Who can participate

Age range18 Months – 36 Months

SexALL

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Exclusion criteria

✕. 18-36 months old (now agreed to by all countries)
✕. Stunted (LAZ\<-2)
✕. Of either sex
✕. Able and willing to undergo HIV testing
✕. Parent, carer, or guardian able and willing to give written, informed consent
✕. A positive HIV test result will not be an exclusion criterion.
✕. Under 18 months of age
✕. Over 36 months old

What they're measuring

corn soy bean flour porridge with added indespensable amino acids

Timeframe: 30 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT06617130

SponsorKamuzu University of Health Sciences

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2026-08-01

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